Whistler K1s top provincial championships

The Whistler Mountain Ski Club K1 team (ages 11 and 12) came away from the CIBC Wood Gundy B.C. Juvenile Series championships at Rossland last weekend with a lot to be proud of.

The team earned six medals, with Brynne Benbow taking two gold medals and a silver in four races, Ian-Spence Morrison winning a gold medal and a silver, and Alexander Binks claiming a silver. Other WMSC skiers helped the team effort with solid top-15 results.

In the first womens GS on Saturday morning, Brynne Benbow missed the gold medal by two-tenths of a second behind Alecia Willis of Cypress Bowl. Rachel Cohen of the Kimberley North Star Racers was third.

In the mens race, Christopher Campbell of the Timberland Ski Club took the gold ahead of James Rose of the Windermere Valley Ski Club and Jasper Smith of Mount Washington. The WMSCs Ian-Spence Morrison was fourth, Alexander Binks was 11
th
and Isaac Penn tied for 14
th
.

In the second womens GS race Alecia Willis of Cypress earned her second gold medal, followed closely by Whistlers Madison McLeish. Jacey Paton of Salmon Arm was third.

Ian-Spence Morrison won the second mens race ahead of James Rose of Windermere and Jasper Smith of Mt. Washington. Alexander Binks was fourth for Whistler and Isaac Penn 11
th
.

In the first of two slalom races on Sunday Brynne Benbow took her first gold by edging out Rachel Cohen of Kimberley and Alecia Willis of Cypress. Nancy Bayly was sixth, Taylor Green and Chanelle Segal tied for seventh, and Lindsay Jones was 11
th
.

The mens slalom went to Dawson Newman of Apex, followed by Whistlers Alexander Binks and Andrew Skaien of Fernie. Ian-Spence Morrison was 12
th
.

Brynne Benbow was strong again in the afternoon, winning the second slalom by more than a second. Alecia Willis was second and Rachel Cohen third. Nancy Bayly was fourth once again, tying Sarah Elliot of Big White. Madison McLeish was sixth, Chanelle Segal 12
th
, Jenny Higgins 13
th
and Heidi Mah 14
th
.

The mens race went to Andrew Skaien of Fernie, followed by the WMSCs Ian-Spence Morrison. Cody Cuthill of Kimberley was third. Michael Cadman was 14
th
to round out the top-15.